From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
flushed
adj 1: having the pinkish flush of health [syn: rose-cheeked,
rosy, rosy-cheeked]
2: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if
with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury";
"turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes";
"red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with
embarrassment" [syn: crimson, red, reddened,
red-faced]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flush \Flush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flushed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flushing.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz
a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash;
perh. influenced by blush. [root]84.]
1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes
into the face.
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The flushing noise of many waters. --Boyle.
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It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer.
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2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red;
to blush.
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3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
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In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton.
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4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
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Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne.
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